Do you know that the Lord Jesus speaks from heaven in the gospel? Have you heard His voice by faith? Or are you of those that turn away from the Savior?
He is God's Son, the appointed Heir of all things, as He also made the worlds. He is the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His subsistence; He upholds all things by the word of His power. Yet He it was Who by Himself purged our sins, and sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high. How blessed for all who believe on Him! How awful for you if you reject such a Savior, and the sacrifice thus accepted of God above and attested by the Holy Spirit sent forth from heaven It is in vain to talk of the heathen and their gross idolatries. It is in vain to speak of the Jews, empty, swept, and garnished; or of those beguiled by the Mohammedan imposture. Are you not aware that you in Christendom are more responsible by far? For from infancy you have heard the holy scriptures, not only the old covenant like Timothy, but all the new revelation of God. You have the word of Christ in its fullness. You are of all mankind most obdurate and blind, if you believe not God concerning His Son and the one sacrifice He offered for sins. For He came to do God's will, by which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. This is the great truth for every sinful man do you believe?
No ordinance can take away your guilt, or bring you to God with a purged conscience. The institutions of Christ have their suited place, and are great privileges; but by faith are we justified, and all is self-deception without it. If we believe, service and worship and a holy walk follow. See that ye refuse not Him that speaketh. "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God; not of works, lest any man should boast."